Endrick dos Santos Parafita (born 7 March 1995), known as Endrick, is a professional

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who plays as an

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or a

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for

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club

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. Born in Brazil, he plays for the Malaysia national team.

Club career

Early career

Endrick began his career as a footballer with the Brazilian club Ypiranga in 2014.

Campinense Clube, Santa Rita

In 2015, he moved to another club in Brazil, Campinense. Later that same year, he moved to the Angolan club

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Cyprus

In 2016 he began his career in Europe by joining the

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club

Apollon Limassol Apollon Limassol FC ( el, Απόλλων Λεμεσού, ''Apollon Lemesou'') is a Cypriot sports club, based in Limassol. It has football, basketball and volleyball teams. Founded in 1954, Apollon FC currently plays in the Cypriot First Divisi ...

. In 2017 he was loaned out to

AEZ Zakakiou Athletic Union of Zakaki ( el, Αθλητική Ένωση Ζακακίου) is a Cypriot football club based in Zakaki, Limassol. The club was founded in 1956. Their colours are green and white and they play in Zakaki Municipal Stadium. Chairma ...

Romania

He later moved to the Romanian club

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Malaysia

In 2018, he began his career in Asia with a move to the Malaysian football club Felcra, where he helped the club to become the runners-up in the

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Selangor

In 2019, Endrick joined

club,

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Penang

In 2020, he moved to another club in the

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. He helped them to win the

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, thus securing their promotion to the 2021 Malaysian Super League.

Johor Darul Ta'zim

On 5 January 2023, Endrick signed for

as part of their campaign in the upcoming

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and 2023-24 AFC Champions League campaign. As he had been playing in Malaysia for the last 5 years, he registered as a local player after acquiring Malaysian citizenship.

International career

As he was born in Brazil but later acquired Malaysian citizenship, Endrick is eligible to play for

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and

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. On 15 March 2023, he received his first national call up to the Malaysian national team for the centralised training camp beginning on 18 March ahead of the international friendlies against

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and

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Honours

Felcra *

runner-up:

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Penang * Malaysia Premier League:

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Johor Darul Ta'zim *

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Endrick 1995 births Living people Sportspeople from Amapá Malaysian men's footballers Malaysia men's international footballers Brazilian men's footballers Brazilian emigrants to Malaysia Malaysian people of Brazilian descent Ypiranga Futebol Clube players Campinense Clube players Apollon Limassol FC players AEZ Zakakiou players FC Botoșani players Felcra F.C. players Selangor F.C. players Penang F.C. players Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. players Cypriot First Division players Liga I players Malaysia Premier League players Malaysia Super League players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Romania Expatriate men's footballers in Malaysia Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Malaysia Men's association football midfielders Naturalised citizens of Malaysia Naturalised association football players People from Santana, Amapá